Started work on a memory allocator

src/allocator.hpp

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+#ifndef ALLOCATOR_H
+#define ALLOCATOR_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+namespace kernel
+{
+
+class Allocator
+{
+public:
+
+    /**
+     * @param base A pointer to the start of the heap.
+     * @param heapSize The size of the heap, in bytes. Must be a power of two.
+     * @param blockSize The smallest unit of allocation, in bytes. Must be a power of two less than or equal to heapSize.
+     */
+    Allocator(void* base, size_t heapSize, size_t blockSize);
+
+    void* allocate(size_t size);
+
+    void free(void* location);
+
+private:
+
+    size_t findFreeBlock(size_t height);
+
+    char* base;
+
+    size_t heapSize;
+
+    size_t blockSize;
+
+    size_t treeHeight;
+
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif